Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-02
ARERsnoRFs STORY.

The Supposed Murder of Dr.. MaddecE
Tsstifles in his Own Behalf.
/ Sioux City Times, lst: Just after Che
Daily Times went to press last evening
John Arensdorf, the defendant, took the
stand in his own behalf. His testimony
Was 40 follows:
i am the defendant IN this case; i
have lived over ten years in Sioux City |;
I am brewer aud have been twenty
years; learned the trade IN Belgium,
1 came to Sioux City in 1877 and have
been here ever since; have been fore
man for the Franz Brewing company,
and have been ever Eince the company
was formed; am still foreman for that
company; the evening of August 2 / WAS
down town; l wss at q meeting at
Holdenreid' 8 hall, was there about five
minutes; only attended the one meeting
was not that night in secret consulta-
tion with Leavitt, Treiber and others,
neither ut that hall or elsewhere; did
not have any conversation with Leayitt
about burning or blowing up anybody's
house, nor about iDjnring anybody, nor
about whipping or iniuring Haddock,
Wood or AMI body else, nor did / say
anything to the effect that
there was money in James
JuDk's hands TO pay for. whipping any
body; did not say SO nor did any one in
Imy hearing; don't remember who left
Hplenreid's hall with me; was in Sioux
City the next day; was around town the
night Of that day collecting bills for
beer for the Franz brewing company
started out to collect about 2 O'Clock on
Tuesday, August and; was dressed in q
blue coat, blue pants and high boots
nay clothes were more or less muddy
did not wear rubber coat that evening
wore my pants inside my boot tops. A.
about O'Clock thst evening I went inte
Phil Eberle's saloon and stayed there
till about $50; / met Barnes and Dave
laar there; they were with me ell tn,
time there; was bot talking about any
i thing connected with the prohibitor,
law; did not talk with Plath, Treiber
Munchrath or any other saloon men
from .Eberle's sAieon went to the Shep
herd saloon across the street; Barne
went with me; Eberle did not; at th
Shepherd saloon ordered heefsteak TO
two; it WAS about 1920 or 1925 when
ordered the steak; then went int
the front part; when supper was read.
went into one of the side roome. Loui
tHogenaus was the cook / gays the orde
! II to; met him at the door coming ont {
the restaurant part; Barnes went wit
me to eat supper; it took us probabl
ten or fifteen minutes; after supper "
came into the bar.room and Barnes wei
j. home and ! then went to the Ohicap
saloon, three or four doors east; I on
n looked in and came out and went
Junk's saloon: ssw Grady and Scollal
there; did not see Robson there; r,
Q mained there only few minutes; viii
b / was theirs Lesvitt, Plath, Treiber ar
q Peters came in; had not been with the
!, that evening; that was the first time
= had seen them did not go out with ther
Q Was in Junk's three or four minute
Ie think went ont after they did; when
L went out went east, not west, and d
:. not know where they went, nor was /
their company; went east on the sou
y side of Fourth .treet and cross
10 ,,7er TO the Shepherd saloon;
8: shook dice with Louis Hogenaus; sho
= dice with Louis two minutes; we
ont and then went to the. Ergli
9. Kitchen saloon; did not at the last III
Of ltes.ify that I went to the Shepherd i